Provincial funding cut to Kingston hospital will climb to $66.9 million by 2023 under Ford Conservatives

KINGSTON, ON – Kingston patients’ access to hospital care and services will be further diminished if the Doug Ford Conservatives move forward with future funding cuts to health care that, in 2023, will climb to $66.9 million for Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). These cuts will unfold as Kingston’s population is aging and KHSC struggles…

CUPE Ontario condemns the coup d’état and the repression of protesters in Bolivia

CUPE Ontario joins CUPE National and the international community in condemning the coup in Bolivia. The military removal of Evo Morales, the crushing of democratic rights in Bolivia and the repression of protesters including the indigenous people, poor and labour activists in the country amount to nothing but a military coup, which is a violation…

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CUPE Ontario hails court ruling striking down Ford Conservatives’ attack on students’ rights and services

TORONTO – A court ruling, striking down efforts by the Ford Conservative government to choke off democratically-approved funding for hundreds of Ontario campus organizations, represents a dramatic victory for students and workers at Universities across the province, the leader of Ontario’s largest union said today. “We were thrilled to learn that the Courts have quashed…

Media Advisory: A delegation of concerned paramedics to visit Minister of Health Christine Elliott at her constituency office on Friday

NEWMARKET, ON – On Friday, November 15th, at 11 a.m., paramedics represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will visit the constituency office of Minister of Health Christine Elliott. Paramedics are concerned about government plans to restructure land ambulance in Ontario, and rumours of privatization. Many communities are already grappling with ambulance shortages…

Media Advisory: President of CUPE Ontario, Fred Hahn will Address Communities not Cuts Rally at Doug Ford’s Constituency Office in Etobicoke

Toronto, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn will join CUPE 2977, CUPE’s Health and Safety/Injured Workers, and community members at Doug Ford’s Constituency Office. This event is part of Communities not Cuts rallies and events taking place across the province this week. WHO: CUPE Ontario President, Fred Hahn CUPE Health and Safety/Injured Workers WHEN:…

Media Advisory: President of CUPE Ontario, Fred Hahn will Address Communities not Cuts Rally at Peter Bethlenfalvy’s Constituency Office in Pickering

Pickering, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn will join Northumberland CUPE District Council, Durham Region Labour Council and community members in Pickering today as part of weeklong events across the province. Today, CUPE Ontario and Labour will be taking action at Peter Bethlenfalvy’s Constituency Office bringing our message of Communities not Cuts! WHO: CUPE…

CUPE 3906 requests ‘No Board’ report after hours of fruitless bargaining with McMaster University

HAMILTON, ON – Following a fruitless day of negotiations, the union representing 2,900 teaching assistants, research assistants, demonstrators, tutors and markers at McMaster University announced late last night they would be seeking a ‘No Board’ report from the Provincial Ministry of Labour. The decision by Unit 1, Local 3906 of the Canadian Union of Public…

Media Advisory: CUPE education workers announce results of province-wide votes on central agreement

MEDIA ADVISORY TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will appear at a news conference to announce the results of the province-wide ratification votes on the tentative central agreement reached on October 6. WHO: Laura Walton, President, CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions; a custodian, member of…